Posts From Lorraine Marsden

Lorraine Marsden catches up with a team who have bared all to help grow the female student game Little over two years ago, Liverpool University’s Womens Rugby League team were facing an ominous future. With dwindling numbers, it looked as

For Wigan Warriors, 2014 was a case of so near yet so far. Wins against Leeds Rhinos and Warrington Wolves in the final league matches of the season were not quite enough to claim the League Leaders Shield, while they

With just four regular season games left and six clubs mathematically in the race to claim the League Leaders shield, 2014 could prove to be one of the tightest Super League seasons yet. With many of the competing teams still

Leeds Rhinos back rower Chris Clarkson is hoping he will be fit enough to face Widnes Vikings on Sunday after spending this week in a protective boot. The 24-year-old came off the bench for the Rhinos in last week’s narrow

Leeds Rhinos forward Ian Kirke represented Rugby League yesterday when he went head to head with some of Britain’s top stars in a unique cross-sport fitness test. Kirke, along with Olympic bronze medallist gymnast Kristian Thomas, England Commonwealth weightlifter Sonny

To say it has been a tough two years for Bradford Bulls would be a huge understatement. Rugby League World finds out what it’s been like for the players as they enter a new era under incoming chairman Marc Green…

I, for one, am delighted to see Salford Red Devils win the race to sign Leeds winger Ben Jones-Bishop. But equally, I would have been just as pleased had any other Super League club snapped him up. We need to

Barrow Raiders prop Andrew Dawson and Gateshead Thunder half-back Matty Beharrell have been named as the Kingstone Press Championships Players of the Week. Dawson led his side from the front in their 18-14 win over Batley Bulldogs, the club’s first

Castleford Tigers have been rocked by the news that Ryan Boyle will miss the rest of the season after he picked up a knee injury against Wakefield on Good Friday. The 26 year-old has only played three times for the

Widnes Vikings have continued to build their squad for next season by handing forward Phil Joseph a two-year contract extension. It means the prop, who is currently playing some of the best rugby of his career, will now stay at